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  The Men Who Created Central Park.


The Men who Created Central Park (photographed on Willowdell Arch, 1862):


From left to right:
Andrew Haswell Green, Comptroller
George Waring, Jr., Engineer
Calvert Vaux, Architect
Ignaz Anton Pilat, Chief Gardener
Jacob Wrey Mould, Designer
Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect & Park Superintendent



Willowdell Arch is located between the Mall and the Balto Statue near the East 67th Street Entrance to the park.



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The Cast of Characters

Frederick-Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect & Park Superintendent



Calvert Vaux, Architect



Jacob Wrey Mould, Designer



George Waring, Jr., Engineer



Ignaz Anton Pilat, Chief Gardener



Andrew Haswell Green, Comptroller



1870 Map of Central Park (CLICK TO ENLARGE)